OSHA Inspection: THE BRICKMAN, INC.

Issued

2015-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns.     Employees engaged in masonry activities working underneath and at lower levels from a tubular welded scaffold were not provided protective hard hats, exposing the employees to being struck by falling and/or flying objects.

Issued

2015-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1440.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    Employees engaged in masonry activities such as cutting brick, chipping brick, and chipping and grinding stone were not provided with protective eye equipment, exposing the employees to being struck by flying debris and concrete dust in the eye.

Issued

2015-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws.    Employees engaged in masonry activities used a "Target" brick cutting saw energized by a yellow extension cord with the outer sheathing pulled back and did not have a strain relief device to prevent strain on the cord, exposing employees to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

2015-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii).      Employees were performing masonry activities from a tubular welded scaffold system that the employer did not ensure each working level was fully planked, exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 13 feet 4 inches to the ground below.

Issued

2015-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:      Employees were performing masonry activities from a tubular welded scaffold system that the employer did not ensure each scaffold pole or leg was provided with base plates, exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 13 feet 4 inches to the ground below.

Issued

2015-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross-braces were used as a means of access.      Employees performing masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold system were using the cross-bracing and side rails for access or egress from the scaffold and each working level, exposing employees to a fall hazard of up to approximately 13 feet 4 inches to the ground below.

Issued

2015-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section.   Employees performing masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold system were not provided with guardrail systems or other equivalent fall protection, exposing employees to unprotected fall hazards of approximately 13 feet 4 inches to the ground below.